{"id":309854,"date":"2019-10-11T06:02:26","date_gmt":"2019-10-10T20:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=309854"},"modified":"2019-10-11T06:02:26","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T20:02:26","slug":"record-entry-at-dee-clayton-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/record-entry-at-dee-clayton-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Record entry at Dee Clayton Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_309857\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-309857\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/dee-clayton-pix.jpg\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-309857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this file photo, the winners in last year\u2019s Dee Clayton Classic pose after the awards ceremony at the Charley\u2019s Cabaret of the Pacific Islands Club. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 9th Annual Dee Clayton Classic Body Building and Fitness Championship set for tomorrow at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan\u2019s Charley\u2019s Cabaret will see a record field.<\/p>\n<p>Dee Clayton, organizer and founder of the tournament, said that since establishing the event back in 2009, the 28 competitors for this weekend\u2019s contest is their biggest.<\/p>\n<p>She added that the record entry for this year\u2019s Dee Clayton Classic is a sign that the event is becoming popular among the local community and it\u2019s a good thing because the program aims to promote health and wellness in the CNMI.<\/p>\n<p>Clayton said she takes pride in the event\u2019s purpose, which is to motivate men, women, and teens to get fit and healthy. The championship, she added, serves as an event to celebrate the participant\u2019s fitness progress and motivate them to continue in their journey. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s Dee Clayton Classic will feature various categories including, teen body building, teen physique, teen bikini model, teen fitness, teen performance, body building, classic physique, men\u2019s physique, master\u2019s physique, women\u2019s bodybuilding, figure, bikini, fitness, fitness pageant, mixed pairs, and fitness performance. The age of the 28 participants ranges from 16 year olds and up and they are from all walks of life.<\/p>\n<p>The Top 5 in each category will be recognized at the awards ceremony, while the overall winner will be selected from the first placers from each division. The Top 5 winners in each category will receive prizes courtesy of the event\u2019s donors and sponsors. <\/p>\n<p>This weekend\u2019s tournament is supported by Latte Built, Gold\u2019s Gym, Subway, Coca-Cola, Foremost, MARPAC, Rosal\/Zest Enterprises, Island Touch by Philip, and Megabyte. <\/p>\n<p>The competition will begin at 6pm. Doors will be open at 5pm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 9th Annual Dee Clayton Classic Body Building and Fitness Championship set for tomorrow at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1217],"class_list":["post-309854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-dee-clayton-classic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309854\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}